Category Archives: Sports
Predators beat Blues 4-3 in Game 1 of second-round series
ST. LOUIS - One nifty little flip by Vernon Fiddler provided a big lift for the Nashville Predators on a rough night. Fiddler scored with 5:05 left and P.K. Subban had a goal and two assists, powering...
Apr 26, 2017
Nashville's Fiala leaves on stretcher with leg injury
ST. LOUIS - Nashville forward Kevin Fiala was taken off the ice on a stretcher after he hurt his left leg during Game 1 of the Predators’ second-round series against St. Louis on Wednesday night...
Apr 26, 2017
Babcock, McLellan, Tortorella voted Adams Award finalists
NEW YORK - Toronto’s Mike Babcock, Edmonton’s Todd McLellan and Columbus’ John Tortorella are the finalists for the Jack Adams Award as the NHL coach of the year. Members of the NHL ...
Apr 26, 2017
Spurs stay in touch with Chelsea with 8th straight PL win
LONDON - For only the third time in its 135-year existence, Tottenham is enjoying an eight-match winning run in the league after edging past Crystal Palace 1-0 on Wednesday. Those runs in the 1950-51 ...
Apr 26, 2017
Sharapova wins 1st match on return from 15-month doping ban
STUTTGART, Germany - Looking relieved, Maria Sharapova went through her familiar routine of waving to the crowd and blowing kisses after winning her first match on her return from a 15-month doping ba...
Apr 26, 2017
Brad Gushue beats Steve Laycock 7-5, opens Champions Cup with back-to-back wins
CALGARY - World champion Brad Gushue is off to a fine start at the Champions Cup curling competition. Gushue, from St. John’s, N.L., scored three in the final end to down Saskatoon’s Steve...
Apr 26, 2017
Attorney: Hernandez hinted at suicide weeks before his death
BOSTON - Aaron Hernandez hinted about suicide weeks before he was found hanging by a bedsheet in prison last week, according to a jailhouse friend who once sought to share a cell with the former NFL s...
Apr 26, 2017
Canada edges England 7-6 to lock up world mixed doubles curling playoff spot
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - Canada locked up a playoff berth at the world mixed doubles curling championship on Wednesday with a 7-6 victory over England. Joanne Courtney and Reid Carruthers stole the winning...
Apr 26, 2017
Canadian offensive lineman Justin Senior taking low-key approach to NFL draft
Justin Senior isn’t putting his life on hold for the NFL draft. The 22-year-old Montreal native is projected as a late-round selection, but he won’t be at a lavish draft party glued to the...
Apr 26, 2017
Raptors expecting a 48-minute 'dogfight' with Bucks in Game 6 in Milwaukee
TORONTO - Raptors coach Dwane Casey expects Game 6 in Milwaukee to be a 48-minute dogfight Thursday night as Toronto looks to close out its first-round playoff series against the young, athletic Bucks...
Apr 26, 2017